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Is the sunshine doll good or bad?

The meaning of the sunshine doll itself is better.

The moral of sunshine doll is to sweep away dark clouds and make the sky clear. According to Japanese folklore, as long as you hang a sunshine doll on the roof, you can pray for good weather. Sunny Doll, formerly known as sweeping mother, was introduced to Japan from China. This is the first time that Japanese people who are related to magic, such as sweeping monk, have been used. Because people believe that only people with magic can sweep sunny days, and mom is bald now.

In ancient times, the custom of hanging "Qing Niang" was popular in Beijing, Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei, Gansu, Jiangsu and other places. This custom existed at least in the early Yuan Dynasty.

The legend of sunshine doll:

There is a legend in China that the war in the pre-Qin period was cruel, and the calculation of the meritorious military service was based on the number of the enemy's left ear or head. According to legend, in the Qin dynasty, once the battle was over, the army would tie the enemy's head with white cloth and hang it upside down on the battlefield with a rope.

Later, because this form was too troublesome, it was simply made into the shape of today's sunny dolls with white puppets, and each sunny doll represented a head. Slowly, this white cloth puppet was associated with sacrifice and became a symbol with sacrificial significance. As for the sunny dolls and rainy dolls that became popular in Japan, there were sunny dolls and rainy dolls, which were only the result of the later development of this sacrificial feature.